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Originally Posted by kfisherx
The NROLW book seems to balance doing bw and real weights pretty well. I've seen very few injuries in the people who are using it who are new.
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I think this might be since when you're new you tend to seriously underestimate what you're capable of. I'm getting ready for B4 this afternoon (I'll be doing 12 of each because I truly am a newbie). I suspect that I was over cautious with the starting weights. Don't get me wrong, I was very sore after the first few workouts. However, I know on some of the exercises I'm still not using the max that I'm likely capable of. On others though I'm starting to really struggle.
I know in my case I decided a little caution was a good thing, instead of injury. Perhaps I won't progress as much as I could, but, I'd rather keep going than kill myself the first few days. Those with more experience probably know when it's too much, but those with no clue (that's me) will eventually find their way.